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Acts 1:2

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ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας ἐντειλάμενος τοῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

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The definite article
ἀποστόλοις διὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδιά

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Meaning:

* Through * Because * On account of

Preposition that relates to movement through space, time, means or cause - it's a preposition of movement and mediation.

When used with the genitive case, διά emphasizes the means or channel by which something happens.John 1:3Matthew 24:12John 1:32 Timothy 2:10Romans 5:1John 1:17
πνεύματος ἁγίου οὓς ἐξελέξατο ἀνελήμφθη·
ESV
until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
NIV
until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.
NLT
until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the Holy Spirit.
KJV
Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

Acts 1:1 ← Acts 1:2 → Acts 1:3

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